'Most modern' butyl rubber plant opens: Singapore facility is Lanxess' largest investment

摘要

At an official ceremony on 4 June, attended by around 400 guests, German specialty chemicals firm Lanxess inaugurated its new butyl rubber plant on Singapore's Jurong Island. Built at a cost of 400 million euros, the facility is the company's largest ever single investment and is described as being the "most modern of its kind in Asia." The 100,000 tonne per annum plant will produce premium halobutyl rubber and regular butyl rubber. THE PLANT ENTERED operation in the first quarter of 2013 and is being ramped up gradually. Commercial production will start in the third quarter of this year, with full capacity expected to be reached in 2015. It is to be staffed by around 160 skilled employees, most of who will be recruited locally. The Jurong Island plant is Lanxess' third butyl rubber facility, alongside the plants in Sarnia, Canada, and Zwijndrecht, Belgium.